>>Just watched the last shuttle launch.
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>>End of an era.
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>Yep. I watched it too ... a "sentimental journey", as someone on NASA TV said.
>
>~~Bonnie

I wonder whats next .

The US seems to have no clear path back to space at the moment . The Space X developments are interesting but will take a few years and more cash to get real.

The media here (UK) keep talking about Virgin and their project but seem to forget that is nowhere near orbital. Its basically the equivalent of the old X15 which was flying in the 1950s